You’re not supposed to defrost meats in warm water due to harmful bacteria growth, you’re not supposed to leave food at room temperature for long without being refrigerated because of harmful growth but, when you go to a buffet, food can sit out for hours under heat lamps and be fine?
In: Biology
Okay five year old explanation.
Very cold: freeze and die like you would in Siberia in winter with no coat.
Very hot: overheat and die like a person left in a car on a sunny, summer day in Pheonix, AZ.
In between: live and prosper.
Bacteria are like you. Too hot: die; too cold: die.
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